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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
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Lord Strickland of Malta, prime minister, survived a point blank shooting in Valletta as the Vatican clash with Maltese Catholics over voting loyalties intensified. Police seized Mille, a Nationalist supporter, amid crowds cheering the PM's safety.
In Ottawa the House of Commons halted routine business after a stormy session on the Beauharnois Light Heat and Power Company and the Fearharnois project. Robert Gardiner urged adjournment to discuss alleged government orders in council and river navigation safeguards tied to the St Lawrence hydro plan.
May 23 Wilkes Barre Pa A State Police squad rushed to a farm near here after a report of four bodies found at Ernest Snyder s farm in Higging The body of Snyder a wealthy fruit grower was found hanging in the garage The farm hands later found the bodies of his son in law and daughter Charles and Mrs Shepherd and the couple s five year old son all shot to death in the same farm residence The investigation continues with authorities seeking motive and connections in the deaths
V Hackworth was fined 150 dollars and costs at the police court for reckless driving. He attempted to pass on the inside along Second street near the Sixth Avenue intersection and struck a lamp standard in the street’s center.
In response to rumors of withdrawal after Mayor Sullivant entered the Provincial contest, Conservative candidate C S Blanchard K C told The News he has no intention of quitting. He said the report did not come from the Conservative camp and urged readers to draw their own conclusions.
Regina registered a minimum of 19 degrees above zero making it the coldest city in the west with nearby towns and Winnipeg also seeing near freezing temperatures. Light snow fell in northern Manitoba and crept south with forecasts predicting a rise in temperatures for Victoria Day weekend.
Ottawa May 23 Premier King outlined possible election dates as July 29 or August 11 with prorogation of parliament and potential dissolution by end of July. He noted Dominion Act constraints and holiday scheduling affecting when an election could be held.
The picture Three Live Ghosts was damaged and cannot run. Hell Harbor replaces it and is hailed as a top year’s film. Starts Saturday for three days at the Monarch.
Chicago witnesses a new underworld horror as police report fifteen men burned to death in an improvised crematorium. Charred bones found in a sack in the northeast forest reserve bolster the theory that racketeers burn enemies alive to erase evidence, a grim shift from shootings tied to earlier cases.
Canadian National Railways readies for the R-100 dirigible from England to St Hubert near Montreal. Special trains will run from Bonaventure Station and sidings are being installed to manage the expected crowds and service.
Tomorrow features Baseball at 10 30 a m Royals vs Medalla and 5 45 p m Wingers vs Hustlers as the league opens. Football at 2 30 p m Medicine Hat vs Nedcliff. Trap shooting 1 p m Medicine Hat Gun Club and tennis 2 30 p m Medicine Hat Tennis Club tournament. CPR Tenris Club listed.
Medicine Hat and Lethbridge legions meet in lawn bowling with sessions at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. at CPR Bowling Club and 2 p.m. at Medicine Hat Golf Club and Connaught Golf Club. Film listings include Sunny Side Up and Monarch Hell Harbor Dreamland Senora Americano.
Surabaya dated report says Amy Johnson, the British aviatrix, landed safely at Hatiloilik Timor Island last night and traveled by car to Amboea, 12 miles away. She plans to return to the village field and then fly to Amamboea before continuing to Australia on the longest leg of her Croydon flight.
Edmonton reports accuse seven masked men believed to be Ku Klux Klan members of abducting Lacombe blacksmith Fred Doberstein from his home. He was overpowered, tarred and feathered, and carried ten miles before a vehicle was abandoned in Red Deer. Ralph Mowberay of Lacombe is jailed on kidnapping charges as six more locals face possible arrest.
An experimental demonstration farm may be established near Peterboro Ontario. The project serves as a memorial to David Fife, with whom originated the celebrated Red Fife wheat.
May 62 Bombay: Patel former Indian Legislative Assembly president urged revolution drawing 100000 nationalist supporters. London cable cites arousal and rising arrests as allies fear gravest danger. In Bombay crowds of about 200000 march through Indian quarters and police block access to fort area while shops close.
A blaze aboard the Asia in Jeddah harbor yesterday killed hundreds of passengers and crew. The fire spread rapidly as sailors and pilgrims were trapped, with large sections of the ship reportedly engulfed. Rescue efforts were ongoing with authorities estimating massive casualties.
Young Liberals of Arrange P plan first Liberal meeting ahead of elections in Medicine Hat. J W McDonald K G newly appointed provincial Liberal leader to speak in his first official appearance. Lang and others as candidates expected to attend and discuss welfare matters and party outlook.
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